DAY ONE - ROOM AT TAJ WEST END, BANGALORE
POOL AT TAJ WEST END
DAY TWO - CENTRE OF BANGALORE
LAL BAGH, BANGALORE
VIEW FROM KEMPE GOWDA
DAY THREE - 700 STEPS TO SHRINE AT SRAVANBELAGOLA
NEARLY AT THE TOP
STATUE OF GOMMATESHWARA (PRINCE BAHUBALI) SACRED TO JAINS
A DHOOLI, WITH BEARER RESTING AT TOP
ON THE WAY DOWN
HINDU TEMPLE AT CHAMUNDI HILL NR MYSORE
HINDU GOD DISNEY-STYLE?
NANDI BULL TEMPLE AT MYSORE
COWS READY FOR PANCHAMI FESTIVAL
CITY MARKET, MYSORE
CITY PALACE, MYSORE - NIGHTFALL
CITY PALACE, MYSORE
DAY FOUR - CITY PALACE
RANGANATHITTU BIRD SANCTUARY - BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
EURASIAN SPOONBILL
ASIAN OPENBILL
PAINTED STORKS
PAINTED STORK
WESTERN REEF EGRET
DAY FIVE - ON THE ROAD TO NAGARHOLE NP
JAIN TEMPLE AT SOMNATHPUR
DETAIL OF WONDERFUL CARVINGS
BANYAN TREE BY TEMPLE
WASHING DAY (EVERY DAY?)
DAY SIX - COURTYARD POOL AT ORANGE COUNTY, NAGARHOLE
ORANGE COUNTY COTTAGE INTERIOR
NAGARHOLE NP - ELEPHANT FROM BOAT
OPEN PLEASE
GREAT EGRET AT NAGARHOLE
GREEN BEE-EATER
SAMBAR
DAY EIGHT - SWIMMING POOL WITH HILLS BEHIND, NAGARHOLE
COTTAGE VERANDAH
DAY NINE - KOCHI, OLD HARBOUR HOTEL
PRINCESS ST., KOCHI
ST FRANCIS CHURCH, KOCHI
PUNKAHS!
FISH STALL, KOCHI
CHINESE FISHING NETS
COURTYARD, OLD HARBOUR HOTEL, KOCHI
DAY TEN - MORNING AT FORT KOCHI
SMALL FISHING VILLAGE SOUTH OF KOCHI
SHARING THE CATCH
COCONUT LAGOON, PRIVATE POOL
VERANDAH AT COCONUT LAGOON
VIEW FROM VERANDAH
COCONUT LAGOON GARDENS
SUNSET FROM COCONUT LAGOON
DAY ELEVEN - POOL AT COCONUT LAGOON
VEMBANAD LAKE, FROM COCONUT LAGOON
EGRET
INDIAN POND HERON
COCONUT LAGOON
WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER
BLUE TIGER BUTTERFLY
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SUNSET
DAY TWELVE - EARLY MORNING
WELCOME TO THE RICE BARGE
SETTING THE NETS
CORACLES
HITCHIKERS
LOCAL FERRY
A TYPICAL RICE BARGE
VILLAGE BY THE WATER
LOCAL POLITICS
SUNSET ON THE BACKWATERS
DAY THIRTEEN - EARLY MORNING PADDLE
ARRIVING AT WORK
STORK BILLED KINGFISHER
FLAMEBACK
CORMORANT
BLACK KITE
PALLAS' FISH EAGLE
BRICKMAKING - ON THE ROAD TO KOTHAMANGALAM
GARDEN AT MUNDACKAL PLANTATION HOMESTAY, KOTHAMANGALAM
SHEETS OF RUBBER DRYING
SHEILA WITH DAISY AND JOS (JOSEPH)
DAY FOURTEEN - THATTEKAD BIRD SANCTUARY - PLUM-HEADED PARAKEET
SRI LANKA FROGMOUTH (MALE)
SRI LANKAN FROGMOUTH (FEMALE)
LIZARD
LESSER WHISTLING DUCKS
THATTEKAD BIRD SANCTUARY
BRIDE AND GROOM AT WEDDING NR THATTEKAD
CHEERFUL?
HELP YOURSELF
WHITE-CHEEKED BARBET?
KINGFISHER IN FLIGHT
RED-WHISKERED BULBUL
MALABAR TROGON (MALE)
DAY FIFTEEN - WINDEMERE ESTATE, COFFEE COTTAGE B
VIEW FROM COFFEE COTTAGE
ANOTHER VIEW FROM COTTAGE
LONG TAILED SHRIKE
RED WHISKERED BULBUL
VIEW FROM NR. COTTAGE
CARDAMOM BUSHES
ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE
DAY SIXTEEN - MUNNAR - BUS IN ERAVIKULAM NP
ERAVIKULAM VIEW
NILGIRI TAHR (ANTELOPE)
SOME LOOK AT THE VIEW, SOME AT THESE CURIOUS LOOKING STRANGERS
SHEIAL, THE PIED PIPER
ERAVIKULAM
STONECHAT - COMMON OR PIED?
COMMON HOOPOE
TEA PICKING
DESCENDING FROM THE TEA FIELDS
MUNNAR VIEW
DAY SEVENTEEN - RESIDENT OF PERIYAR (THEKKADY)
MALABAR PARAKEET
SNAKE BY PIER
DAY EIGHTEEN - PERIYAR TREK - WOOLLY NECKED STORK
PERIYAR VIEW
HEADING OFF INTO THE BACKWOODS
PERIYAR - GETTING READY TO CROSS THE RIVER
OTTERS
FEEDING TIME
DAY TWENTY - ROAD TO MADURAI - LOCAL LAUNDRY
GATEWAY HOTEL - MADURAI
MEENAKSHI TEMPLE AT MADURAI - GOING TO BED CEREMONY
DAY TWENTYONE - THIRUMALAI NAICK PALACE, MADURAI
THIRUMALAI NAICK PALACE, MADURAI
KNIFE GRINDER
AT THE TEMPLE, MADURAI
PRIVATE CEREMONY, MEENAKSHI TEMPLE, MADURAI
SHEILA AND FRIEND
INSIDE THE TEMPLE MUSEUM
PRIVATE DEVOTION
PILGRIMS
PHOTOGRAPHER PHOTOGRAPHED!
ADAM AND EVE?
SUGAR CANE PRESS
A FAMILY OUTING?
VIEW FROM POOL AT GATEWAY HOTEL
RESTAURANT AT GATEWAY HOTEL, MADURAI
DAY TWENTYTWO - SMALL BIRD RESERVE ON THE WAY TO TANJORE -OPEN BEAK STORKS
PILGRIMS TO PALANI TEMPLE (WITH CHICKEN!)
HERE COME THE CHRISTIANS!
ELEPHANT AT WEDDING IN TRICHY
DAY TWENTY THREE - POOL AT IDEAL RIVER RESORT
HIBISCUS
NOW GET IN STEP
OLD PALACE, TANJORE
ANOTHER FRIEND
DAY TWENTYFOUR - ROAD TO PONDICHERRY - ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET
UNKNOWN FISH OR SEA EAGLE
PIED KINGFISHER
DAY TWENTY FIVE - A TYPICAL PONDICHERRY STREET IN 'WHITE TOWN'
SRI AUROBINDO ASHRAM - A WONDERFULLY PEACEFUL PLACE
SHEILA AND GUIDE OUTSIDE TEMPLE
FAMILY HOUSE IN TAMIL TOWN, PONDICHERRY
CALVE HOTEL IN TAMIL TOWN
ATRIUM IN CALVE HOTEL
CALVE HOTEL
CALVE HOTEL - ALL THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY!
PONDICHEERY POLICEMAN (AND INFORMER!)
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PONDICHERRY
THE BELL RINGER
VIRGIN MARY IN A SARI
DAY TWENTY SIX - ROAD TO MAHABALIPURAM - SPOT-BILLED PELICAN
POOL AT FISHERMAN'S COVE, MAHABALIPURAM
COTTAGE AT FISHERMAN'S COVE
DAY TWENTY SEVEN - MAHABALIPURAM - TYPICAL FISHERMAN'S BOAT (W/O OUTBOARD)
AT NEARBY VILLAGE - PROTECTING THE HOUSE AND IT'S INHABITANTS
HAULING IN THE NET
DRIVING THE FISH INTO THE NET
NOT MUCH OF A CATCH TO DIVIDE BY 50?
A BALLOON FISH
MAHABALIPURAM - EVENING BEFORE DEPARTURE
